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California fires: Blankets wrapped around world's biggest trees

Fri, 2021-09-17 11:51
Fire-resistant blankets are being wrapped around California's famous sequoia trees as a blaze closes in.
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Carbon emitters 'failing to disclose climate risks'

Fri, 2021-09-17 06:54
In a study of more than 100 company accounts, 80% of audits didn't assess climate risk.
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Sir Clive Sinclair: Computing pioneer dies aged 81

Fri, 2021-09-17 06:19
The inventor, entrepreneur and ZX Spectrum creator died at his London home following a long illness.
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Sir Clive Sinclair: Tireless inventor ahead of his time

Fri, 2021-09-17 05:30
The prolific innovator invented the pocket calculator and the ill-fated Sinclair C5 electric car.
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Ocean Photographer of the Year 2021

Fri, 2021-09-17 03:02
An image of a green sea turtle surrounded by glass fish wins photo award.
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Kew Gardens: Royal Botanic Gardens breaks record for largest plant collection

Thu, 2021-09-16 15:26
Established in 1759, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew has 16,900 unique plant species.
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Mangrove forests: Photography winners show beauty of ecosystems

Thu, 2021-09-16 09:16
The Mangrove Photography Award winners show unique ecosystems above and below the waterline.
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Canadian prairie ranchers struggle with drought conditions

Thu, 2021-09-16 09:04
Amid a severe drought in the Prairies, some ranchers are trying to find ways to work with nature.
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Canada election: Lytton fire puts village at centre of debate

Thu, 2021-09-16 09:03
A village in western Canada recorded the country's highest-ever temperature. The next day it was gone.
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Australian bandicoot brought back from brink of extinction

Thu, 2021-09-16 02:44
The small furry Eastern Barred Bandicoot is bumped off an Australian "extinct in the wild" list.
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Unmanned submarine earmarked for Irish Sea freight crossings

Wed, 2021-09-15 20:44
A start-up company has been given £380,000 to develop the hydrogen-powered concept.
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Pakistan: How to cool Karachi as temperatures rise

Wed, 2021-09-15 09:00
In Karachi, Pakistan, one entrepreneur is on a mission to plant urban forests to cope with rising temperatures.
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Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs shaped fortunes of snakes

Wed, 2021-09-15 01:14
Snakes owe their success in part to the asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
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Climate change: Young people very worried - survey

Tue, 2021-09-14 15:10
Over half of respondents in a survey believe humanity is doomed and governments are failing to act.
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Green jobs: The new generation of workers making it work for them

Tue, 2021-09-14 10:16
Science editor David Shukman on three jobs in growing green industries, and what it's like to do them
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Life at 50C: The toxic gas flares fuelling Nigeria's climate change

Tue, 2021-09-14 09:08
Joy and her family are among 2m Nigerians living within 4km of a gas flare in Nigeria's oil-rich south.
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Megapod of feeding humpback whales in Australia 'so special'

Tue, 2021-09-14 08:18
More than 100 humpback whales have been filmed feeding off Australia's New South Wales coast.
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Climate change: World now sees twice as many days over 50C

Tue, 2021-09-14 06:35
BBC research finds the number of days passing 50C has doubled in the past 40 years.
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Record number of environmental activists murdered

Mon, 2021-09-13 10:02
More than 220 environment and land rights activists were murdered last year, according to a report.
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COP26: UK still lagging on climate policy, report says

Mon, 2021-09-13 09:00
UK policies will deliver a quarter of emissions cuts needed, say campaigners ahead of the COP26 summit.
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